by Sydney Smith on Jul 30, 2014
NY Daily News, AP contacted parody Twitter account to fact check, Still ran story
Both the New York Daily News and the Associated Press were hoaxed by a parody Twitter account @BicycleLobby last week...
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by Sydney Smith on Jul 30, 2014
New Zealand newspaper used wrong photo of dead soldier on front page
The New Zealand Herald mixed up New Zealand-born soldier Guy Boyland with Ryan Dunn, the former star of MTV's Jackass....
by Sydney Smith on Jul 30, 2014
2 more Journalists charged with Phone Hacking Conspiracy
Two more former News of the World staff members were charged in the phone hacking investigation, the Press Gazette reported....
by Sydney Smith on Jul 28, 2014
UK Mail accuses psychic of ‘scam,’ pays $214K libel settlement
The Daily Mail must pay £125,000 (about $214,000) to a TV psychic for calling her a phony, the UK Press...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 27, 2014
California newspaper’s excuse: It’s not plagiarism, it’s ‘anthology’
The Paper, a free, small community newspaper in California, has offered a unique excuse for plagiarism -- anthology. "We don't...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 26, 2014
41 cases of plagiarism at BuzzFeed, Benny Johnson fired
BuzzFeed fired one of its editors, Benny Johnson, after finding 41 cases of plagiarism in his articles. BuzzFeed editor Ben...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 25, 2014
Fired Editor sues, ‘gaystapo’ blogpost was ‘theologically based’
Bob Eschliman, the editor of the Newton (Iowa) Daily News, is suing his publisher after he was fired from the newspaper for...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 25, 2014
UK Times Tennis Reporter suspended, ‘At Least 42’ instances of Plagiarism by Neil Harman
The Times of London's tennis reporter, Neil Harman, has admitted to plagiarism in writing that appeared in a 2013 annual...
by Rhonda Roland Shearer on Jul 25, 2014
Click delete on Huff Post’s Morning Email; where Kim Kardashian’s bikini tanning is a Top Story
.All hell is breaking loose in Gaza, Ukraine and Syria and ... but you wouldn't know it from the Huffington...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 23, 2014
MH17 crash victims’ belongings, ABC Australia reporter also tampers with crime scene
Sky News' Colin Brazier wasn't the only reporter sifting through luggage of victims of Malaysian Airlines flight 17. Australian reporter...